Medical Terminology Flashcards
(23 cards)
The distal portion of small intestine in called ileum
True
The medical term for German measles is rubella
True
Bacilli are rod shaped bacteria
True
A patient with a rapid pulse has bradycardia
False a patient with rapid pulse has tachycardia
Hypertension is also referred to high blood pressure
True
Ou refers to right eye
False Ou refers to both eyes
Another name for a heart attack is myocardial infarction
True
An erythrocytes is an example of poikilocytosis
False a sick cell is an example of poikilocytosis
An example of anisocytosis is a micocyte
True
Gestation is another term for dysmenorrhea
False Gestation is the length of time from conception to birth for human it is 280 days
The beginning of a word is known as the prefix
True prefix is the beginning of the word
A suffix the ending of word
True
The combining form in the root of the word
False the combining form is the root plus a combining vowel
The most common combining vowel is O
True
If two combining forms are present the least important comes first
True
Aden is a headache
The root of gland is Aden
The root of cancer is car in
Yes
Encephalitis mean neck
False encephalitis mean brain
Cyst means bladder
True
Hepat stands for root of kidney
The root of liver is hepat
Osteo means bone
True
The body is divided into front and back by which of the following planes ?
A/ transverse
B/ coronal
C/ sagittal
D/ mid- sagittal
B/ coronal
The body is divided into front and back by the coronal plane
The opposite of central is
A/ anterior
B/dorsal
C/ transverse
D/ cranial
B/ dorsal is the opposite of ventral
